०७१ अग्निः

71 (74). To Agni: for protection.

अग्निः।
१ अथर्वा। अग्निः। अनुष्टुप्।

[Atharvan.—āgneyam. ānuṣṭubham.]

Comment

Found also in Pāipp. xix. Used in Kāuś. (2. 10), in the parvan sacrifices, to accompany the carrying of fire thrice about the offering. In Vāit., it occurs in the agniṣṭoma (21. 15), and also in the agnicayana (28. 8), in the same circling with fire.

Translations

Translated: Henry, 27, 92; Griffith, i. 361.

In praise of Agni

Translation

1. Thee, the devout ⌊vípra⌋, O Agni, powerful one, would we fain put
   about us [as] a stronghold, [thee] of daring color, day by day,
   slayer of the destructive one.

Notes

The verse is RV. x. 87. 22, which has at the end the plural (-vatām);
further found in VS. (xi. 26) and MS. (ii. 7. 2), both of which agree
with RV., and in TS. (i. 5. 6⁴ et al.), which has for d bhettā́ram
bhan̄gurāvataḥ. Emendation in b to vápram ‘rampart’ seems called
for; moreover, dṛṣádv- in c would be acceptable ⌊see Roth, ZDMG.
xlviii. 108⌋. Ppp. has at the end -vataḥ, and sahasva in b.*
The verse is also found in our text as viii. 3. 22. ⌊Winternitz,
Hochzeitsrituell, p. 57, cites it from Bāudh. i. 6.⌋ ⌊W. interlines a
mark of doubt as to his version of bhan̄g- and gives Henry’s trompeur
in the margin.⌋ *⌊Roth’s Collation says simply “71 ebd. citiert.” That
means ‘Found in Pāipp. xix., cited’ [from its previous occurrence in
xvi., where, according to R’s Collation for viii. 3. 22, the variants
are sahasva and bhan̄gurāvatām]. R. in his Notes says expressly that
Ppp. too “has vipram for the correct vapram."⌋

We set thee round us as a fort, victorious Agni! thee a sage, Bold in thy colour day by day, destroyer of the treacherous foe.

परि॑। त्वा॒। अ॒ग्ने॒। पुर॑म्। व॒यम्। विप्र॑म्। स॒ह॒स्य॒। धी॒म॒हि॒। धृ॒षत्ऽव॑र्णम्। दि॒वेऽदि॑वे। ह॒न्तार॑म्। भ॒ङ्गु॒रऽव॑तः। ७४.१।

• अग्निः
• अथर्वा
• अनुष्टुप्
• अग्नि सूक्त

सेनापति के गुणों का उपदेश।

पदार्थान्वयभाषाः - (सहस्य) हे बल के हितकारी ! (अग्ने) तेजस्वी सेनापति ! (पुरम्) दुर्गरूप, (विप्रम्) बुद्धिमान्, (धृषद्वर्णम्) अभयस्वभाव, (भङ्गुरावतः) नाश करनेवाले कर्म से युक्त [कपटी] के (हन्तारम्) नाश करनेवाले (त्वा) तुझको (दिवे दिवे) प्रति दिन (वयम्) हम (परि धीमहि) परिधि बनाते हैं ॥१॥

भावार्थभाषाः - प्रजागण शूर वीर सेनापति पर विश्वास करके शत्रुओं के नाश करने में उससे सहायता लेवें ॥१॥ यह मन्त्र कुछ भेद से ऋग्वेद में है−१०।८७।२२ ॥

टिप्पणी: १−(परिधीमहि) अ० ७।१७।२। परिधिरूपेण धारयेम (त्वा) त्वाम् (अग्ने) तेजस्विन् सेनापते (पुरम्) दुर्गरूपं (वयम्) प्रजागणाः (विप्रम्) मेधाविनम् (सहस्य) अ० ४।५।१। सहसे बलाय हित (धृषद्वर्णम्) धर्षकरूपम् (दिवे दिवे) प्रति दिनम् (हन्तारम्) नाशयितारम् (भङ्गुरावतः) भञ्जभासमिदो घुरच्। पा० ३।२।१६१। भञ्जो आमर्दने-घुरच्। चजोः कु घिण्ण्यतोः पा० ७।३।५२। कुत्वम्। भञ्जनकर्मयुक्तस्य कपटिनः पुरुषस्य ॥